Apr 15 2010

Body cinema: Naked – Ilham (13) by Mischa Kamp

‘Ilham (13)’  is a short animated film from the series ‘Naked‘ dealing with teenage body changes, directed by Mischa Kamp in the production of Submarine Channel. This is a story by a teenage Muslim girl Ilham and her first period.

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Apr 5 2010

Pocket cinema: Digital Nation – Life on the Virtual Frontier by Douglas Rushkoff

Digital Nation – Life on the Virtual Frontier (2009 – 2010) is a documentary film by Douglas Rushkoff that thematizes the media issues in the context of our virtual lives, tech development, networking and multitasking.

This documentary is not made for infinite or final answers but to open a wider debate on the influence of technology and the internet on our lives.

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Feb 28 2010

Pocket cinema: The Children of Darfur by Camilla Nielsson

This week I’m going to be mostly concentrated on watching great documentary films at the festival ZagrebDox… Thus, this post is strongly connected with its programme… Camilla Nielsson will present within the programme her latest film ‘Cities on Speed – Mumbai Disconnected‘… and as an intro to moviecholic atmosphere here is her award winning documentary from 2007 ‘The Children of Darfur’…

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Photo above: Excerpt from the film The Children of Darfur
Photo bellow: Georgina Cranston (c) taken from UNICEF

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Sep 4 2009

Pocket cinema: Born into Brothels

Documentary film Born into Brothels by Zana Briski and Ross Kaufmann about ‘the children of Red Light District’ in Calcutta  is rather known to the audience connected with fields of human rights and photography. This film was accepted widely and awarded internationally over last five years, but its topics – prostitution and poverty, remain unsolved and opened.

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May 4 2009

E-learning: Hip Hop Dance Moves for Kids, part II

Who’z gonna catch u after all these smooth moves and cool walkz… robot walkz… well, it’s not over! The second part of playing with Hip hop waits to be finished…

Cool…

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